Weekend of geek

[geeky_dani]

This was a weekend of visual entertainment (along with many hours in the
gym, reading and NOT SLEEPING).

Comments

[geeky_dani]

Yes, I probably am drooling over Henry because he looks like a girl. Though I didn't think that girly boys were ever my type, apparently I have exceptions. My favorite characters are usually the obnoxious bad boys, but I tend to be like, it would be awesome to hang out, get drunk and get into fights alongside x boy (I like to think I tend to get along with bad boys pretty well), not "guh

[geeky_dani]

Henry is the best of both worlds. He looks like a girl and you would like to get into fights alongside him. :)

Sign me up.

Another thing that is great about Henry is that he is not ridden by that oh woes i is a vapmir and i is evil whatever shall i do? wangst that afflits Angel and later-period Spike. He's all, "I'm a vampire. Sometimes people get hurt. Also, I spend a lot of time doing it. Deal."

Seriously. It's a nice change. Although for the first couple of episodes it made it hard to explain why he was helping Vicky (after that you can easily explain it as habit, etc), but it felt a little forced to me for the first couple.

Other than the more romancey-ness of the tv show, the biggest difference from the books is that in the books Vicky's eyesight is really bad - like, she's going blind.

It's a great dramatic device in the books, and also helps establish her character's central conflict, which is that in her heart she's a cop, even though she's not permitted to be on the force any more, and is taking the hard route by

[geeky_dani]

Sweet! I wonder how they are going to make S2 filmable and cannot wait to see it. *dance dance*

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